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The Site under pressure, the Israeli flag, raised by

In the city of Westminster, London, UK, paratroopers, was taken down and the
holding the title as the most expensive so-called sacred sites were returned to the
jurisdiction of the Islamic Trust. None of
house in the world, stands Buckingham this perturbs God. His program of both
Palace. Valued at around 5 billion USD, the Tribulation and Millennial Temple
it has served as the official residence for will come to pass, and none will prevent
British monarchs since 1837. In an earlier Him. Somehow, in perfect timing, perhaps
article, we identified the most prized piece through catastrophic circumstances, God
of real estate on earth as the Promised will allow both the Dome of the Rock
Land. Now, we recognise that the most and the Al-Aqsa Mosque to be removed
valued asset of that future land, indeed and the Jewish temple constructed for
the entire world, is also a royal residence, tribulation days.
the hallowed abode of the eternal King.
The exact location of this Millennial The Size
Temple will be upon the Temple Mount The sheer size of the Millennial Temple
in Jerusalem. Presently, this piece of and its surrounds is truly mind-boggling.
ground is occupied by squatters, who, Reading Ezekiel chapters 40-48, and
having erected their own temple, refuse viewing a current map of Jerusalem,
point blank to vacate the property. It’s one may wonder how a temple of such
worthy to observe that it’s only in recent colossal size could possibly fit on the
times that opponents of Israel have denied Temple Mount. Isaiah states twice that
Jerusalem as historically Jewish. In a during the tribulation period the Lord
Temple Mount guidebook, published by shall arise “to shake terribly the earth”
Islamic authorities in 1924, the following (Isa 2:19-21). The writer to the Hebrews
statements are made: “The site is one of corroborates, “Yet once more [italics mine] I
the oldest in the world. Its sanctity dates shake not the earth only, but also heaven”
from the earliest times. Its identity with (12:26). Some suggest that the first
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the site of Solomon’s temple is beyond cataclysmic earthquake came in the days
dispute. This, too, is the spot, according of Peleg, when the singular land mass of
to the universal belief, on which David earth was violently divided by cleavage
built there an altar.” (Gen 10:25). Haggai states, “Thus says the
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In the 1950s, after the re-establishment LORD of hosts: Yet once more, in a little
of the State of Israel, adversaries of the while, I will shake the heavens and the
Jewish people began to deny that Israel earth and the sea and the dry land. And
had any legitimate rights to the Temple I will shake all nations” (2:6-7 ESV). So
Mount. Following Israel’s Six-Day War catastrophic are events during this time
in 1967, Muslims lost control of Jerusalem that the topography of the whole world
and the Temple Mount, with many Jews will be dramatically altered. Revelation
and Christians believing it was time 16 records that at the outpouring of the
for the long-awaited temple to be built. final vial, the greatest earthquake ever to
But this was not God’s timing, and, occur in the history of the planet shall take

1 Randall Price, Rose Guide to The Temple 2 Bible quotations in this article are from the KJV
(Peabody, MA: Rose Publishing, 2012), 117. unless otherwise noted.
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